Stoke City are hoping to send more youth players out on loan before the transfer window closes tomorrow night (11pm).

The Potters have already sent out Ryan Sweeney and Dom Telford to League One side Bristol Rovers, with Telford scoring twice last night in a 5-1 Checkatrade Trophy romp against Wycombe Wanderers.

But they insist the club and the situation must be right – and that might be different for each prospect.

Academy director Gareth Jennings said: “Possibly, if we get opportunities to the boys to go out to the right club – and it does have to be right. It has to be the right person in charge of the club and the player and looking after them correctly, which is what we get from Bristol Rovers.

“The club has to be in the right situation as well. Some players we want to have to fight and be in a relegation battle while others we want to go out and express themselves, playing in a flair side that plays football. It has to be the right club for the right player.”

Some loan spells did not work out, however. Joel Taylor’s failure to break into the Rochdale team saw him released by the club in the summer while George Waring and Choulay both struggled for game time at Shrewsbury then Carlisle and Hearts respectively.

A Checkatrade Trophy match at Blackburn Rovers was a chance for players including Lewis Banks and Mark Waddington to go in the shop window. It was also an opportunity for the under-21s team to try to catch the eye of Mark Hughes. Stoke were unfortunate to lose 1-0 to a late goal from Joe Nuttall.

Jennings said: “For any Academy this has got to be a good process. It’s a very difficult one and we have no idea how the boys will cope for that type of pressure and that type of environment. You couldn’t get a better place to start than Blackburn.”